Why Zimbabwe’s new municipal police bill could backfire on citizens
By Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe has become a haven for ill-conceived ideas.
The approval of the Municipal Police and Courts Bill—announced following a Cabinet briefing by...
Wole Sonyika at 92: The Nobel Laureate who refused to let the man die
By Gabriel Manyati
In October 1965, a masked gunman strode into the Ibadan studios of the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, held up the staff at gunpoint,...
Economics of solidarity: Why social stability is Africa’s greatest investment risk
By Belinda Chiroodza
Executive Summary
As Africa positions itself as the world’s next major growth frontier, social stability has emerged as a defining determinant of capital...
Shops under siege: The businesses paying the price for South Africa’s anti-immigration protests
By Gabriel Manyati
In the heart of Johannesburg's Hillbrow, once a humming commercial artery, metal shutters hang like eyelids half-closed in exhaustion. Pavements that should...
The enigma of Hastings Kamuzu Banda: The African strongman who feared dust, loved order, and ruled like a Victorian patriarch
By Gabriel Manyati
The black Rolls-Royce glides to a halt on the red earth of a sun-baked Malawian plain. Out steps a slight figure in...
